A man has been found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £160,000 into the UK during a Christmas shopping trip with his wife.
Sean Hart , 48, of Wallsend, was stopped in his hired van at the Eurotunnel controls in Coquelles, France, in December 2016.
Hart told Border Force officials he had been on a trip with his wife to the Netherlands for gifts and a motorbike.
Officers then found two packages of cocaine concealed in the dashboard.
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